This Saturday, I delivered a henna inspired wedding cake to the Edgmont Country Club in Edgmont, Pennsylvania. This was definitely the most unique wedding cake I have done so far - and I loved it!! The cake was a warm hot pink, with gold fondant appliques to look like henna designs, and gold piping all over the cake in traditional Indian designs.  I had so much fun researching the art of henna, and practicing piping with icing much like henna ink is piped onto the body.  You could definitely say I got "into the zone" while working on the detailed piping. This was a perfect example of how a wedding cake can really showcase alot of personality and function as a major design element in a wedding.   The inside of the cake was a buttery cream cheese pound layered with homemade whipped creme fraiche, fresh sliced strawberries, and covered in cream cheese icing and fondant.  Check out more pictures in the Bridal Collection slideshow on the main page. Congratulations Sim and Kurt!!

     Every parent knows the feeling - it's your child's birthday and you have to entertain a horde of junk food crazed children - and top whatever shindig you threw last year, as well as all of the other parties your son or daughter has recently attended. It's easy when your daughter turns four, and you can hire a Minnie Mouse lookalike, put out some fingerpaints, and serve cookies. Not so easy when the same daughter is now 11, and that in-between age where birthday parties are so crucial in the pre-teen social circles. And when that daughter turns 16 - welcome to what-do-we-do-with-them-all-at-this-party. Cue the Knockout Cakes! touch! Just last week I packed up all of the most fun cakey materials I have, including tons of different colored fondant, glitter, icing paper, piping bags, molds, and lots of neat little decorations and eight blank canvas cakes. I set up at a sixth grade girl's birthday party, complete with parchment paper table coverings, turntables, rolling pins, and a chef's hat with the birthday girl's name on it. I asked the girls, many of whom have seen Cake Boss, what they knew about cake, who was their favorite character, flavor, etc. and then gave a demo of the materials.  Then we got to work - and the girls were totally engrossed for over an hour and a half. We ended up with some really awesome cakes - a Shrek and donkey cave, a soccer cake, a neon flowers cake, an old school Cake Boss-y cake, and more. Then the girls all worked to create a Justin Bieber birthday cake for them to put candles in, sing around, and cut into for the birthday celebration. The little cakes went home with each girl.  Included in the service was clean up and take down.  Ask me about doing your next party - these could be so much fun for any age. "Mini class" parties with any age group, as a bridesmaids activity, and even cupcake decorating stations at weddings would be fabulous.